Are fewer people interested in the NFL, or are they just finding new ways to watch?
If the early numbers for NFL ratings continue, social pundits will have to take a serious look at whether the game has lost a bit of its luster.
Media
What should viewers expect from Clinton-Trump debate moderator Lester Holt?
Does the first presidential debate require a different kind of moderator?
How should the media react to Grazzini-Rucki’s harassment accusations against Brodkorb?
The episode offers several compelling facets on which traditional journalists should offer public opinion. On one level it’s simple: Has Brodkorb committed journalism or not?
With ‘Campaign 2016,’ WCCO-TV tries to refresh the local political affairs show
No one doubts an audience exists for courteous civil discourse, just as no one should doubt an audience for something a bit sharper and fresher when it comes to local coverage of politics.
The best TV show of the year will not win an Emmy Award
… and a few other predictions for Sunday night’s award show.
How WCCO and KSTP got the Wetterling story
The stations were well ahead of everybody else in town on breaking the news that the remains of Jacob Wetterling had been found.
Skinny jeans firestorm raises a bigger question: Why does the Strib continue to feature C.J.’s column so prominently?
If there’s an irony to the paper taking so much heat over something so seemingly trivial, it’s that there are so many examples in C.J.’s column of much more cringe-inducing cruelty.
TV news and the Wetterling case: ‘No bells and whistles to this one’
Says Paul McEnroe, who leads KSTP-TV’s investigative unit: “The reason [Tom] Hauser got the tip was as simple as old-fashioned reporting and traditional sourcing.”
Reporter Madeleine Baran on APM Reports’ new Wetterling podcast: ‘I kept asking the same question: Why wasn’t this solved?’
Baran, who led MPR’s award-winning coverage of the local archdiocese, brings ample credibility to investigating one of Minnesota’s biggest crime stories.
Is Minnesota ready to feel the Shern?
At a time where recognition counts for something, former local TV reporter Tim Sherno is hoping to commodify his name and face into votes for Congress.
Why the world needed Gawker (and still does)
The grand irony of the Gawker-Hogan-Thiel bankruptcy episode is that it demonstrates just how difficult it can be to be both independent and viable.
The media, Trump, and the ‘normal standards’ of journalism
Crackpots and chronic prevaricators are a familiar feature of American politics. But journalists have never before dealt with one nominated by a major political party for President of the United States.
With launch of Frogtown station, low power radio comes full circle in Twin Cities
Samantha Bee might be the best thing on late-night TV these days (so thanks for that, Donald Trump)
Plus: a course correction on TV ads; and more details emerge on Jon Stewart’s deal with HBO.
Is the media exaggerating Putin’s role in the DNC email hack?
Count St. John’s Univerity professor Nick Hayes among those who find the episode just a bit too clumsy for direct involvement from a character as wily as Putin.
Sharp-edged analyses cite multiple failures in media’s coverage of Trump
What responsibility does this sprawling aggregation of voices have for Trump’s status today? What has “the media” missed or misunderstood about his audience?
MPR’s Kerri Miller talks about sex and her new podcast, ‘Smart Sex,’ which is about sex
Miller, one of MPR’s premier personalities, recently launched the semiweekly podcast with her with pal/“coenthusiast” Teresa McFarland.
Why did sports columnists largely sit out the Lynx/Kroll episode?
Sports pages, generally an escapists’ sanctuary from realities uglier than the Twins won-loss record, should be encouraged to add its voice(s) when something is this big and this hot and is raging at their front door.
Kudos to WCCO’s Williams and Strib’s C.J. for thoughtful coverage on the separate reality of black lives
John Williams initiated a conversation over the likelihood of racial profiling in Philandro Castile’s driving record, and Cheryl Johnson devoted a full column to the insights of a black child and his mom.
The rise — and limits — of political fact-checking
Traffic is just one reason why Star Tribune Editorial Page Editor Scott Gillespie says he’d like to see the paper expand its factchecking footprint.
